Wow! A $10,000 real life treasure hunt!!

These guys: hid a treasure in NYC and gave clues to find it! And not just ANY treasure…. $10,000! We Lost our Gold uses videos and Twitter to give clues to where the money is hidden, and to get folks out and about in the city. I’m very interested to learn more about how this… Continue reading Wow! A $10,000 real life treasure hunt!!

Grandma Asked: Why is the Bronx THE Bronx and Brooklyn is just Brooklyn?

The Bronck family was a wealthy family living on many of the Harlem river’s surrounding acres. Jonas Bronck, the family patriarch, was a narcissistic man and wanted to name everything after himself. Thus, around 1639, the river became Bronck’s river. Once the Bronck’s started croaking and immigrants other than Swedes (Irish, German, Italian, Jewish….) settled… Continue reading Grandma Asked: Why is the Bronx THE Bronx and Brooklyn is just Brooklyn?